• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE6164

White, Myrtle Rose

  • Birth name Kennewell, Myrtle Rose
(1888 – 1961)
  • Born 30 August 1888, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died 11 July 1961, Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
  • Occupation Author, Novelist

Summary

Myrtle Rose White was an author who published a small number of works, including No Roads Go By, which was an account of life at Lake Elder, South Australia.

Myrtle produced two sequels to her debut publication; Beyond the Western Rivers in 1955 and From That Day To This in 1961.

Although she also wrote three novels, only For Those That Love It (1933) was published.

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
    • Papers of Myrtle Rose White, 1940-1961 [manuscript]
  • National Library of Australia
    • [Biographical cuttings on Myrtle Rose White, author, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]

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